The Colbert Report
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The Colbert Report

6.9/10 2005 11 Seasons 1447 Episodes Ended

The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits.

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Season 3 Episodes

E1
Ethan Nadelmann
2007

Stephen opens the show disappointed that Saddam Hussein was suddenly hanged over the show's break. He responds to Lake S…

E2
Jim Cramer
2007

Freem replaces superstantial in the opening sequence. Stephen thanks former Archbishop of Warsaw Stanis³aw Wielgus for b…

E3
David Kamp
2007

Stephen criticizes Bush for not sending 300 million troops as Stephen advised the day before but he pardons him if this …

E4
Judy Woodruff
2007

Stephen starts with another episode of his challenge "What Number is Stephen thinking of?" with a clip from 2005. He the…

E5
Alex Kuczynski
2007

Wishing viewers a happy Martin Luther King Day, Stephen calls for a nationwide lie-in to refuse engaging in "anything at…

E6
Dinesh D'Souza
2007

In anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday, Stephen lashes out at Jimmy the director for a squeaky …

E7
Richard Clarke
2007

Still in anticipation of Bill O'Reilly arriving in-studio on Thursday Stephen is more nervous than the day before, bring…

S3E8
E8
Bill O'Reilly
2007

The big day is here, so Stephen is crazy with anticipation that Bill O'Reilly will be on the show, stating that his only…

E9
Tom Schaller
2007

Stephen is disappointed at the loss by the New Orleans Saints to the Chicago "God-less killing Machines" Bears. In anoth…

E10
Michael S. Steele
2007

Stephen explains that this is the second of two episodes they taped on January 22, so that he can host a State of the Un…

E11
Lou Dobbs
2007

Lou Dobbs, author of War on the Middle Class, faces the truth hammer when he sits down to talk with Stephen.

E12
Mike Wallace
2007

Bill O'Reilly spills the beans on Stephen, and says what he really thought of him on his show. Stephen interviews Coach …

E13
Barry Lando
2007

Colbert wins bet with mayor of Oshawa after Saginaw Spirit defeated Oshawa Generals. Colbert discusses Microsoft paying …

E14
Donna Shalala
2007

Stephen opens the show by showing a clip from Fox News' Fox and Friends, talking about the invisible beam that makes a p…

E15
Jed Babbin
2007

Stephen opens the show by discussing the "problem" with Global Warming and in protest replaces Bobby with a 5000 Watt he…

E16
Chuck Schumer
2007

Stephen comments on the 2007 Boston Mooninite Scare that occurred in Boston and laments the fact that he can no longer p…

E17
Wendy Kopp
2007

Stephen is ecstatic at the slaughtering the Bears underwent in Super Bowl XLI. Also, he introduces a new product "Formul…

E18
Charlie LeDuff
2007

Stephen receives a message from Master Media International that they would be praying on his behalf on February 22. This…

E19
Steven Pinker
2007

Stephen starts by introducing a new segment, "California Values Watch". After addressing San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newso…

E20
Debra Dickerson
2007

Stephen starts by talking about the astronaut incident on the news and especially that everyone talks about Lisa Nowak w…

E21
Michael Oppenheimer
2007

Stephen starts by dancing/singing "My Humps" behind his desk and discusses Grammys. He then talks about criticism of the…

E22
Sheryl WuDunn
2007

Colbert talks about the Chinese Menace, entitling a Colbert Report special report "Apocalypse Mao: Murdered By The Orien…

E23
Lance Armstrong
2007

Stephen makes correction, that the Chinese have four times more population than the US, not three. Colbert admonishes pe…

E24
Shashi Tharoor
2007

Colbert talks about how Mastermedia International will pray for him on February 22nd. Asks J. J. Abrams how his prayer d…

E25
Zev Chafets
2007

Stephen compares Britain leaving Iraq to Britain leaving the U.S. and India - saying it will cause a flourish of Democra…

E26
Craig Venter
2007

Stephen comments on a recent report about Al Gore's energy usage. Outdoor Life Magazine fires a columnist for calling fo…

E27
Nina Jablonski
2007

Colbert comments on how David Geffen has switched his support from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. Then he mentions how…

E28
Larry King
2007

Mr. Colbert thanks those who prayed for him last Thursday, with his prayer hat and foam fingers. Also he comments on the…

E29
Ben & Jerry
2007

Stephen comments on how many politicians have visited Walter Reed Hospital since the scandal. Ben and Jerry appeared to …

E30
Mark Frauenfelder
2007

Stephen brags about winning the Mega Millions drawing, which hadn't happened yet. In this segment he also mocks Viacom C…

E31
Michael Specter
2007

Colbert makes a rare correction about winning Mega Millions drawing, and calls his boss Sumner Redstone to grovel. The W…

E32
Ted Koppel
2007

Stephen wonders why the media is still discussing the Libby trial. Then he talks about the death of Captain America, and…

E33
Nicholas Kristof
2007

Stephen upbraids Bill Gates for giving charitably to other nations while bemoaning America's faltering competitiveness. …

E34
Michael Eric Dyson
2007

Stephen closes the show by announcing The Word ("Goodnight"), after which the credits roll.

E35
Ed Viesturs
2007

Colbert introduces a new segment, "When Ancestors Attack." Then he mentions how Colorado has made John Denver's "Rocky M…

E36
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
2007

Stephen celebrates the last St. Patrick's Day ever! Then he moves on to how Latin America has so many rabid admirers of …

E37
Jerome Groopman
2007

Stephen talks about the latest attack in DC, on him, by Rahm Emanuel.[2] The Word refers to South Carolina proposing to …

E38
Willie Nelson
2007

While unveiling threat # .5 as an addendum to yesterday's threatdown, Stephen finds himself in agreement with a German e…

E39
Benjamin Barber
2007

In the 45th installment of Better Know A District, the guest was Maurice Hinchey from New York's 22nd congressional dist…

E40
Katie Couric
2007

Debate over DC-residents voting bill with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. Criticism over Chicago Sun-Times face rea…

E41
Gwen Ifill
2007

Stephen expressed his anger that a severed mummy hand was recently sold at auction, but not to him; the hand was the ear…

E42
Madeleine Albright
2007

Stephen chided Sean Penn for his blunt criticism of the Bush administration. Stephen discusses Iran, specifically a clas…

E43
Jabari Asim
2007

Stephen displayed his disappointment at the elimination of Paulina Porizkova from Dancing with the Stars, especially giv…

E44
Clive James
2007

First, Stephen questioned the necessity of the Equal Rights Amendment, since everyone should be on the honor system. Lat…

E45
Colin Beavan
2007

Colbert celebrates the 4th anniversary of the liberation of Baghdad, while he eats his "Stephen Colbert's Americone Drea…

E46
Jeannette Walls
2007

Stephen scolded the 15 British sailors whom after recently returning from captivity in Iran were seeking to publish acco…

E47
Vali Nasr
2007

Stephen introduced the latest eponymic animal, Stephanie Colburtle, one of the leatherback sea turtles being tracked fro…

E48
Dr. Richard Land
2007

Stephen criticized Democratic senator Harry Reid for using "politicizing the war in Iraq" by citing a translation of a r…

E49
John Kerry
2007

Stephen begins by issuing a correction for having called Boyd K. Packer the "Mormon Pope" or "Mope," when he is more of …

E50
Elaine Pagels
2007

Stephen announced that he will be having a metaphor-off with Sean Penn on Thursday's show. Update on Stephanie Colburtle…

E51
Paulina Porizkova
2007

On Who's NOT honoring me now, Stephen complained that he was not being awarded a Pulitzer Prize in journalism. In "The W…

E52
Sean Penn
2007

Stephen balks at a scientific study saying that chimpanzees are more evolved than humans in DNA. On "The Word," he talks…

E53
Russell Simmons
2007
E54
Dr. Andrew Weil
2007

The first act opens with a remembrance of Boris Yeltsin. Stephen continues with a combative interview with Eleanor Holme…

E55
David Walker
2007

Colbert decides that a new name is necessary for the long war, and comes up with Freemerican Victernity Made in China. H…

E56
Madeleine Bordallo
2007

Stephen is unhappy at the fact that Stephanie Colburtle The Turtle did not win The Great Turtle Race, after being bested…

E57
Neil deGrasse Tyson / Bill Bradley
2007

"It's the last day of April. One more month 'till Speedo season! Do your squats. This is The Colbert Report.

E58
Malcolm Gladwell
2007
E59
Gina Kolata
2007
E60
Conn Iggulden
2007
E61
Richard Preston
2007
E62
Nassi Nicholas Taleb
2007
E63
Salman Rushdie, Jane Fonda
2007
E64
Jann Wenner
2007
E65
William Langewiesche
2007
E66
Walter Isaacson
2007
E67
Howard Dean
2007
E68
Randy Kearse, Rep. Tom Delay
2007
E69
Jared Diamond
2007
E70
John Amaechi
2007
E71
Bay Buchanan, Bob Deans
2007
E72
Jimmy Wales
2007
E73
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Leon Botstein
2007
E74
Jessica Valenti
2007
E75
Carl Bernstein
2007
E76
Cullen Murphy
2007
E77
Dr. Michael D. Gershon
2007
E78
Josh Wolf
2007
E79
Rep. Ron Paul
2007
E80
Daniel B. Smith
2007
E81
Toby Keith
2007
E82
Anne-Marie Slaughter
2007
E83
Will Schwalbe
2007
E84
Vincent Bugliosi
2007
E85
Tom Hayden
2007
E86
David France
2007
E87
Tom Blanton, Daniel Gilbert
2007
E88
Doug Bailey
2007
E89
Richard Florida, Ben Nelson
2007
E90
Mark Moffett
2007
E91
John Mellencamp
2007
E92
Frank Sulloway
2007
E93
Simon Schama
2007
E94
Anthony D. Romero
2007
E95
Charles Kaiser
2007
E96
Robert Shrum
2007
E97
Evan Osnos
2007
E98
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
2007
E99
Michael Beschloss
2007
E100
Michael J. Behe
2007
E101
Ian Bogost
2007
E102
Jim Cramer, Tina Brown
2007
E103
Judd Apatow
2007
E104
Michael Jacobson
2007
E105
Jerry Miller, Spencer Wells
2007
E106
Michael Wallis
2007

From the previous episode, Stephen again mentions the possibility that his ancestors were Jewish. He then discusses perc…

E107
Mike Huckabee
2007

Stephen begins by asking people not to watch his interview with Richard Branson on August 22, which has been reported in…

E108
Nathan Sawaya
2007

Stephen continues to attack wrist violence, and says the worst offender in "Wrist snuff" is Steven Seagal. He also annou…

E109
Michael Shermer
2007

Stephen starts with the \"Smokin\' Pole: The Fight for Arctic Riches\" segment, where he attacks Canada\'s claim to the …

E110
Richard Branson
2007

In \"Colbert Platinum\", he talks about the shutting down of a helipad in Saint-Tropez and the growing demand for champa…

E111
Thomas E. Ricks
2007

Stephen reviews the Iraq War and Dick Cheney\'s role in advocating it. He then interviews Thomas E. Ricks about the war.…

S3E112
E112
Bjorn Lomborg
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute and author of Cool It: The Skepti…

S3E113
E113
Garrison Keillor
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes humorist and author of Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor.

S3E114
E114
Joel Klein
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chancellor of New York City Schools, Joel Klein.

S3E115
E115
Ed Begley Jr
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actor and environmental activist and co-author of Grassroots Rising, Ed Begley jr. Also Stephen…

S3E116
E116
Susan Sarandon
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes actress and activist and the co-star of In the Valley of Elah, Susan Sarandon.

S3E117
E117
Naomi Wolf
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes feminist and author of The End of America: A Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, Naomi Wolf

S3E118
E118
Jeffrey Toobin
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes legal writer and author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, Jeffrey Toob…

S3E119
E119
Thomas Friedman
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief Histor…

E120
John Grisham
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes retired attorney and author of Playing For Pizza, John Grisham.

E121
Tony Bennett
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes opera singer Nathan Gunn, whose new CD is Just Before Sunrise.

E122
David Schwartz
2007

Tonight Stephen welcomes the chief film curator of the Museum of Moving Image, David Schwartz.

E123
Charlie Savage
2007
E124
John Mearsheimer
2007
E125
Jim Lovell
2007
E126
John Kao
2007
E127
George Saunders
2007
E128
Stephen Colbert
2007
E129
Gen. Wesley Clark
2007
E130
Chris Jordan
2007
E131
Paul Glastris
2007
E132
Bob Drogin
2007
E133
Garry Kasparov
2007
E134
Craig Newmark
2007
E135
Richard Berman
2007
E136
Craig Venter
2007
E137
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson
2007
E138
Walter Kirn
2007

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Stephen Colbert
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